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Skills All Good Leaders Should Develop and Work On

Aug 6, 2020 | Business, COO, People

A good leader is always working on themselves. Some skills, such as charisma and confidence, come naturally, but others can be learned. Not only can they be learned but a good leader will want to learn them. In fact, they never want to stop improving and growing their...

Tips For Effectively Hiring Remote Workers

May 21, 2020 | Coaching, Communication, COO

Working remotely is becoming increasingly common in today’s world. Hiring remote workers can be very beneficial for your company, but only if you know how to hire the right people. Here are some tips to help you hire remote workers! Encourage Flexibility When...

How Nonprofit Khan Academy Uses Corporate Tactics to Grow

Apr 30, 2020 | Business, COO

Ginny Lee wasnâ€™t sure she was made for the nonprofit world. In fact, it took her months to decide to join Khan Academy, which provides free micro-lectures to K-12 students and anyone who wants to learn. She had spent 17 years on Intuitâ€™s leadership team, where she...

Beyond Bulletproof Coffee: Lessons on Leadership and Startup Growth

Apr 9, 2020 | 2nd in Command, COO

Editorâ€™s note: Anna left Bulletproof in 2019 shortly after she appeared on the Second in Command Podcast. When Anna Collins joined the nutrition company Bulletproof as president and COO in 2017, the business had recently expanded its ecommerce operation to Canada,...

Zendesk’s COO Has a Unique Strategy For Encouraging Collaboration

Mar 26, 2020 | 2nd in Command, COO, Good To Great

You might think an executive with an IT background could easily drop into any company to serve its information technology needs. But spend a few moments with Tom Keiser, COO of cloud-based help desk company Zendesk, and you’ll discover it takes more than simply...

From the Board Room to the Baseball Diamond: How Brian Barren Took Corporate Process Development to the MLB

Feb 27, 2020 | 2nd in Command, COO

Working for a Major League Baseball team might seem like the pinnacle of big business for some. And Brian Barren certainly has the background to take on that challenge: He led multifunctional business teams across a dozen of Procter & Gamble’s brands for 24...